That’s supposed to be a reassuring thought right now, but for some odd reason – LeBron and Kyrie finding their shooting strokes, which need to be maintained for only two more nights – it offers little comfort.
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I think it's even better than GBoston so far.Įvery Warriors fan and analyst knows this series would have been over if Green had played Game 5. This is 75 percent of LeBron's greatest game ever (25 percent to go). But what if LeBron – who recalled Game 6 against the Boston Celtics in 2012 Monday night – stays on that mountaintop while a clearly limited Steph Curry can’t find one more moment of magic? I expect them to win Game 6 and finish this improbable season once and for all. They’ll need all of that guile to get through. The Warriors play extremely well after a loss, especially when people start to write them off. The Warriors are 3-0 in Game 6s the past two playoffs, but also hadn’t lost a Game 5 in the last two years, either.
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Three days later, we’re marveling at James and Irving and how they made themselves a blueprint on how to attack the Warriors (a blueprint which starts with the words, “get Draymond Green off the floor”). He needs to be active, engaged and on his best behavior, because if he commits a flagrant foul in Game 6, he’ll be suspended for Sunday’s Game 7.Īt the three-minute mark of Game 4’s fourth quarter, the Cavaliers had no shot to win the series.
He was very subdued after dodging the flagrant foul bullet, and the Warriors got shelled. Thursday in Cleveland, Green can’t be the guy he was in Game 4 against Oklahoma City following his groin kick toward Steven Adams in Game 3. But by Sunday, we could be talking about a cataclysmic event that could scar this whole franchise. So far, it’s just extra air travel and another game. Draymond Green’s inability to resist James’ enticement in Game 4 has cost the Warriors dearly. Green might return to the series, but everyone can see – and say – that if LeBron James goes into “God Mode” for just two more games, Cleveland really and truly can win this series. #Cavs #Warriors #NBAFinals /5unnPf9Eebīut for the Cavaliers to get Irving and James rolling in such a major way does have a chance to roll over into Game 6, and J.R. But the shooting fell off in the second half and there was no inside presence to go to for easy baskets. In the first half, their shots were falling and they scored 61 points. We haven’t even talked about the offense, where Green’s screening and passing are so much a part of what the Warriors do. He is Golden State’s best rebounder, and starts fast breaks with either outlet passes or sprints. This also is a direct result of Green’s absence. The Warriors were also outscored on fast-break points, 28-9. This is potentially a huge loss for Golden State, but it was exacerbated in Game 5 by the absence of Green. The Warriors trailed 67-64 when Bogut left the game. The other player who does that for Golden State is Andrew Bogut, who missed most of the second half with a sprained knee, and whose availability for the rest of the series is in serious doubt. Green changes everything, not only by personally guarding guys, but running the communication on the back line of the defense. Just check their shooting stats for the four games they played against the Warriors with Green in the lineup (not counting the two regular season games, in which the Cavs also failed to score 100 points against Golden State). Kyrie Irving and LeBron James were great, but there is no way they both would have scored 41 points with Green lurking in the paint. They were glancing at each other after Cavaliers baskets with that “Whose guy was that?” look on their faces. You could see the Warriors struggle with communication on both ends of the floor. With him out, the Golden State Warriors used players in unusual rotations, guys who aren’t usually on the court together. Neither team will admit this, but Draymond Green’s absence was without question the difference in Monday night’s game.
It was the altercation between Draymond Green and LeBron James with 2:47 to go in Game 4. The key moment in Game 5 of the NBA Finals wasn’t even in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
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